The following minimum standards shall apply to all uses in the M-1 and the M-2 Districts.
(A) Fire and Explosion Hazards. All activities, including storage, involving flammable or explosive materials shall include the provision of adequate safety devices against the hazard of fire and explosion, such safety devices being standard in the industry. Burning of waste materials in open fire is prohibited at any point.
(B) Fly Ash, Dust, Fumes, Vapors, Gases, and Other Forms of Air Pollution. No emission of air pollutants shall be permitted which violate the minimum federal requirements as enforced by the Montgomery County Combined General Health District. Dust and other airborne pollutants shall be minimized through the paving, oiling, or landscaping of the lot area around any building.
(C) Glare, Heat, and Exterior Light. Any operation producing intense light or heat, such as high temperature processes like combustions, welding, or otherwise, shall be performed within an enclosed building and not be visible beyond any lot line bounding the property whereon the use is conducted. No exterior lighting shall be positioned so as to extend light or glare onto adjacent properties of rights-of-way.
(D) Liquid or Solid Wastes. No discharge at any point into any public sewer, private sewage disposal system, or stream, or into the ground, of any materials of such nature or temperature as can contaminate any water supply, interfere with bacterial processes in sewage treatment, or otherwise cause the emission of dangerous or offensive elements, shall be permitted, except in accord with standards approved by the State Environmental Protection Agency or such other governmental agency as shall have jurisdiction of such activities.
(E) Noxious Gases. Processes and operations of permitted uses capable of dispersing gases or toxic particulates into the atmosphere shall be hooded or otherwise suitably enclosed. The emission of the toxic gases or particulate matter shall be from a stack.
(F) Vibrations. No uses shall be located and no equipment shall be installed in such a way to produce intense, earthshaking vibrations which are discernible without instruments at the property lines of the subject premises.
HISTORY: (Formerly § 154.183 (A) through (F); Ord. 2306, passed 2-23-82; Am. Ord. 2760, passed 7-10-90)